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To enter a new assignment, click on the New Assignment button.
1. First, select the Class and Week for which you are entering this assignment. The current week is the default display.
2. Verify default settings: Verify that ALL students has been checked (default setting). This means that all students in the class will get this assignment. [If you want only selected students to get this assignment, select the checkbox next to Select Students. Enter the assignment, then click on Save. On the next page you will see a list of students for this class and there you can select the students who should get this assignment.] Verify that ‘None’ is selected for e-notify. A daily e-notification is sent to parents and students for all posted school work. If you want to send a special e-notification click on the circle next to Students.
3. Find the Assignment Date, select the assignment type, such as Homework, Project Report, Unit Test, or Quiz.
4. Enter the assignment details in the Assignment Details text box.
5. Select the Due Date and Post Date for this assignment. The default Post Date is today which means this assignment will be available to parents and students from today. The default Due Date one day after the Assignment Date. Make changes as needed to the dates. To hide the assignment from parents and students, uncheck the Post checkbox.
6. Grade Book information for assignment
a. Include in Grade Book checkbox. Choose whether or not you want to include this assignment in the Grade Book. If checked, this assignment will show in the grade book.
b. Extra Credit. If this is an extra credit assignment, select the Is Extra Credit Assignment checkbox. The total point value of the assignment will be zero. It will only add to the students’ earned points and will not affect the offered points.
c. Total Points/Marks. The total Points/Marks field lets the grade book know how much the assignment is worth. The Marks field is the total point value of the assignment. It does not need to be filled out for posting the assignment. But it is required for grading the assignment (unless it is an extra credit assignment).
1. If you grade using percentage and would like to enter the % for each student, then the Marks field should be entered as 100 for each assignment.
2. If you grade using percentages, but would like to use the SOIN grade book as a calculator, you may enter the number of questions on the assignment in the Marks field (i.e., if the homework assignment had 25 questions...enter 25 for total marks). Then in the student grade section, enter the number of questions the student answered correctly and the percentage will be calculated.
3. If you grade using the points method, then the total point value of the assignment should be entered in the total Marks field.
7. Options Click on the Options button to add additional options for this assignment. You can instruct students on what to bring to school, what to take home with them and give them reference links to help them with this assignment. Once you have entered assignment options, they will appear below the assignment.
8. Attachments
You can include up to three attachments with an assignment.
a. Click on the Attachment button.
b. Click on Browse
c. Search for your attachment and double click on it.
d. Click on Upload
9. To remove an attachment, select the attachment by clicking on the checkbox next to it and then click on the
Remove Attachment button.
10. Click on the Spell Check button to check the spelling of the text you typed in. Click on the
Preview button to preview your assignment.
11. Once you are done entering all the information, click on the Save Assignment button. The assignment is now saved and you will be brought back to My Assignment page. Back on the My Assignments page you will see the assignments you just posted, ordered by Due date and class. You will see the Assignment details, any attachments, the Category/Type and Post Date. To perform any of the actions described above (Delete, Duplicate, Recur…) first select the assignment by clicking the checkbox in the “Select” column. Then click on the action button. |
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